Barmaids
Subtitle: A History of Women's Work in Pubs (Studies in Australian History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 13, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521568685
Subjects: Hospitality industry; Labour economics; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Cocktail servers; Social Science; History - General History; Women's Studies - General; Sociology; Australia; Australia & New Zealand - Australia; Customs & Traditions; Women's Studies - History; Cocktail servers--Australia--History; History / World; Bartenders; Feminism
First sentence: 'It's a man's country . . . it's no place for a woman', Mayse Young's father was told when he wanted to move north in search of work in 1929.